RESUMEN
Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent in India. This has set off a trend among medical practitioners to prescribe vitamin D supplements empirically. Whilst this approach is generally safe, in predisposed individuals it may lead to hypervitaminosis D. Here we present a case where empirical use of high dose vitamin D supplementation had serious consequences highlighting the need to use vitamin D therapy judiciously and to remain vigilant for side-effects in high-risk individuals.
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Colecalciferol/envenenamiento , Hipercalcemia/inducido químicamente , Deficiencia de Vitamina D/tratamiento farmacológico , Vitaminas/envenenamiento , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Femenino , HumanosRESUMEN
This paper reports the results of spirometric studies done in the state of Gujarat in view of deriving the ventilatory norms. The study included a total of 2000 healthy nonsmoker individuals with 1369 males and 631 females. The study was done over the period from September, '92 to July, '93. The observations were tabulated, data fed on computers and the normal values for the parameters viz peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR), forced expiratory volume--1st second (FEV1) and forced vital capacity (FVC) were derived at.